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George Clooney Should Help South Park

Entertainment junkies out there know that there is nothing more stupidly amusing then watching South Park. The show is far from being educational television for children, but for us adults, this is certainly some high quality prime time entertainment. The show manages to poke fun of everything and everyone from homosexuals to Barbra Streisand and every religion on this planet. Best-selling conservative children`s author Katharine DeBrecht is pointing to recent reports of a conflict between the creators of the "South Park" cartoon and the Church of Scientology as yet more proof of Hollywood liberal hypocrisy, and she is pointing a finger at Oscar winner George Clooney in the process.

Recent reports in the respected trade magazine Daily Variety suggest that the Church of Scientology used its well known celebrity muscle to pressure Comedy Central into pulling an upcoming episode of "South Park" that satirized the religion. According to the publication, the clash between Scientology and the South Park creators is escalating in the wake of this latest move. The controversy first gained national attention earlier this week when Isaac Hayes, the voice of the popular character ?Chef,? quit over an episode mocking Scientology and its most famous adherent, Tom Cruise.

Daily Variety reports a rumor suggesting that Cruise stepped in at the request of the Church of Scientology, by saying he would refuse to help promote his upcoming movie "Mission: Impossible 3" unless the episode was pulled. Comedy Central is owned by Viacom, the media conglomerate that also owns Paramount, the studio behind the "Mission: Impossible" franchise.
"Where are George Clooney and his brave Hollywood friends?" notes DeBecht. "Here?s censorship happening right under Hollywood`s nose, but instead of confronting an actual free speech issue, all these brave liberals souls don?t want to take on a clear violation of free speech when it involves a big-name actor who might be able to give them a job somewhere down the road."